Rosales' Execution Stayed
by TChris
A federal court stayed the execution of Michael Rosales in Texas just hours before he was scheduled to die. Lawyers for Rosales argue that he is mentally retarded and cannot be executed under a recent Supreme Court ruling holding unconstitutional the execution of severely retarded defendants. The Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit sent Rosales' case back to a district court where the issue of Rosales' retardation can be more fully explored.
Rosales would have been the ninth person executed in Texas this year.
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